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Furniture / Household Appliances | | Dutch term or phrase: boucharderen | | het gaat om een term voor het bewerken van natuursteen/graniet: "Tijdloze granieten bank, voorzien van gebouchardeerde kolommen en teak zitgedeelte. 1,80 meter breed." |
| | | granulate, roughen | Explanation:
Van Dale:
boucharderen: (m.betr.t. natuursteen of beton) zo bewerken dat een ruw oppervlak ontstaat
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Note added at 55 mins (2008-04-18 09:54:22 GMT)
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Zie ook Dictionnaire Général de la Technique Industrielle (Ernst):
boucharder (pierres, béton): granulate, roughen |
| Selected response from:
 Erik Boers
Belgium
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2 days2 hrs confidence: roughened finish
Explanation:
As 'boucharderen' is a technique, the 'ed' ending is necessary. "Rough finish" is ambiguous and could also mean that the surface has never been finished or treated.
Example sentence(s):- The stones in the wall had a roughened finish.
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